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The Ellijay Telephone Company has been around for over 100 years. They offer both wired and wireless phone service. They provide installation, sales, and support for residential and business phone systems. Known to most as E-T-C they provide cable TV service and Internet services, both cable and DSL. The company also provides services in Ball Ground, Jasper, and Blue Ridge Georgia.  In addition to being the LEC in their area they are a CLEC in markets outside their territory.  They understand the need for good broadband and communications services and have expanded to meet the needs in other areas.  They offer voice, data, video, and internet services to their customers. They serve both residential and commercial customers with a variety of products through their fiber optic network.

Using their fiber optic network they offer internet speeds of up to 1Gbp.  They also offer wholesale and retail security services.  If you are interested in offering security service to your market you should talk with ETC to understand what and how they can support you. 

If you have questions concerning their network or how they can assist you please contact Frankie Rigdon at (706) 253-5557 or email frankier@ellijay.com. 

SEIMITSU, is a true American success story. It is built on hard work and customer focus. Based in Savannah, Georgia. Founded in 1984 and is locally owned by Seimitsu “Sam” Cook & Cynthia D. Cook. Sam is a naturalized citizen from Japan, served in US Air Force and didn’t take him very long to discover opportunities in America. Recipient of 2016 Small Business Administrations Family Owned Business of the Year.
The Company offers a full suite of telecommunications and information technology (IT) solutions to national carriers, enterprise, small business, healthcare, governmental and educational customers. The Company focuses on three distinct service offerings: fiber network and related telecom/data services; IT consulting services; and outside plant construction services. Seimitsu has over 34 years of experience in developing communications and data networks that serve a broad range of businesses and organizations.
Seimitsu has developed a fiber network to serve commercial accounts within Savannah and surrounding areas. The network contains almost 5,000 fiber miles within 50+ miles of underground conduit with plenty of spare conduits for future growth. Current and future opportunities are bright with public/private partnerships while continuing to add miles…
Seimitsu “Sam” Cook
912.352.3689 x3001
912.525.0310 Direct
912.657.9302 Mobile
samc@seimitsu.com
www.seimitsu.com

Headquartered in Chester, SC, TruVista is a leading provider of communications services to Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw and parts of Richland Counties in South Carolina, and Franklin, Hart, Rabun and Stephens counties in Georgia. The technology we offer provides a wide range of services to both enterprise and consumer customers.

Since 1897, we have been the first and foremost to serve the unique needs of our customers. Our heritage is based on providing the highest quality products and superior service to our customers through knowledgeable and dedicated local professionals. At TruVista, we are committed to being involved locally and providing connections that build relationships throughout our markets. We believe our success is best measured by the progress of the communities we serve.

TruVista continues to invest in our network in a way that offers our customers the best technology meeting their customers’ needs from the simplest solutions to the most sophisticated.  With a progressive management team that is committed to innovation, creativity and delivering the highest level of service TruVista looks forward to serving these communities well into the future.

For additional information contact Carla French at carla@truvista.biz.

Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC) was established in 1912 by Jim Evitt Sr.  The company, now a thriving, modern telecom provider, is owned and operated by Evitt’s granddaughter, Alice Evitt Bandy.  RTC primarily serves Ringgold, GA, with traditional telecommunications services.  Additionally, RTC builds and maintains various dark fiber networks in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.  With RTC’s help, many bandwidth constrained communities have benefitted from newly installed, state-of-the-art fiber equipment which provides seamless connectivity.

Today RTC has a strong fiber based infrastructure and offers up to 1 Gig broadband service to residential and business customers.  When driving north on I-75 you can see their announcements for Gig services on the billboards.

They continue to be innovative in offering a variety of solutions and services to their community.  They recognize the benefits they offer their community and continue to look for ways to support and improve the quality of life in their area.

Take time to look at their website https://www.rtctel.com/ for more information or contact Phillip Foster at (706) 965-2345 or pfoster@rtctel.com.

The leading provider of residential and business communications services for southeast Alabama since 1985

 

In 2012, Troy Cable built the Southeast Alabama SmartBand from a $32 million grant award based on our excellent history of service and technical capabilities.

This major network expansion for Alabama enabled us to solve the geographic bandwidth congestion problems that national carriers refused to address.

Harold made the jump to fiber optic cable in 1993, furthering his dream of standardizing cable services in southeast Alabama. He also established Troy Cable as one of the premiere Internet service providers in the area. After his passing in 1998, Harold’s son William H. Freeman Jr. (“Dick”), was named General Manager of Troy Cable.

The passion, hard work and integrity that Harold put into his company and family has been a driving force behind Troy Cable success today. We’re proud to be an entirely independent and locally owned business that invests in our community, with a proven team of professionals who call Troy home.

Our interconnect agreements with nationwide and global service providers means we can help you grow across all of Alabama, the U.S. and internationally.

Troy Cable Network:

• Newest, most state of the art network in Alabama with the highest speed fiber access and transport
• Fiber all the way to you (access, transport & core)
• Minimum of 6 fibers to the prem for redundancy and service growth
• All fiber optic network supports 10G and beyond
• 595 mile fiber optic network covers 2,521 square miles in 4 counties – Pike, Crenshaw, Coffee and Dale
• Servicing 136,000 people; 3,681 businesses and 54,000 households
• Access (GPON, Metro-E), Transport & Core (DWDM)
• 4TB capacity redundant DWDM network in current plant today
• Multi-service platform designed to foster economic growth
• Robust, fully redundant infrastructure

Troy Cablevision is a regional cable television, cable internet, Security Systems and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider that serves Southeast Alabama. Its motto is “Your Hometown Communications Company”. It is currently the only cable TV provider in the country that carries Pursuit Channel (based in Luverne) 24-hours a day.  Currently, their services include Cable Television, Digital telephone, Broadband and Security Systems. Their employees are all based in Alabama, from network engineers to receptionists – all the way to the CEO.

For more details contact Ray Wasden at Troy Cable ray.wasden@troycable.com.

Southern Telecom, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company that provides long-haul and metropolitan dark fiber connecting Atlanta with other cities throughout the Southeast. The company also provides network elements such as access to rights of way, conduit, neutral co-location, and other related maintenance services. Southern Telecom is certificated as a telecommunications provider in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and at the Federal level. For more information about Southern Telecom, visit www.southern-telecom.com.

STI announces new underground fiber routes and colocation facilities are being planned and constructed as part of a network fiber strategy across the Southeast. Existing aerial cables will be replaced with new underground fiber featuring increased capacity, higher fiber counts and state-of-the-art technology to enable more flexibility for STI’s current and future customers.

STI is constructing and evaluating several new routes around the Southeast. There are over 700 miles currently under construction, primarily as part of joint projects. The company is also seeking route joint build partners and customers for other existing routes and potential greenfield projects.

“We are constantly evaluating routes and are committed to offering our customers and partners the very best dark fiber and colocation services in the Southeast,” says Barry Navarre, Business Development Manager for STI. “As part of our network fiber strategy, we’ll be enhancing current routes and introducing new ones through strategic partnerships.”